Mama Glow: A Hip Guide to Your Fabulous Abundant Pregnancy

by Latham Thomas

Overview

In Mama Glow, maternity lifestyle maven Latham Thomas shares the tips and techniques to support a blissful journey to motherhood. She shows you how to make room for your pregnancy, assess your current diet, banish toxic habits, and incorporate yoga to keep your mind, body, and spirit in balance. Throughout, you’ll get tips to help reduce stress; alleviate common discomforts; demystify birth plans, labor coaches, and midwives; whip up pampering treats like homemade shea butter and coffee sugar scrub; and indulge in over 50 delicious, nutrient-rich recipes to nourish both you and your "bun." Mama Glow also features a postpartum wellness plan to guide you back to your prebaby body, troubleshoot breastfeeding problems, and embrace your abundant new life.

Mama Glow includes:
• Illustrated exercises for a fit, fabulous, and comfortable pregnancy
• Fleshed-out cleansing programs to boost fertility
• A simple formula for deconstructing those crazy cravings
• Yoga sequences designed for prepregnancy, each trimester, and postpartum
• Checklists for your prenatal pantry, finding a birth coach, and packing your birth bag
• Glow foods to help you snap back to your fab prebaby body

As your certified glow pilot, Latham will guide you through every stage of your pregnancy, giving you practical advice to make your journey a joyful and vibrant one.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401939205
Publisher:	Hay House Inc.
Publication date:	11/06/2012
Pages:	358
Sales rank:	672,786
Product dimensions:	7.08(w) x 8.82(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

A graduate of Columbia University and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Latham Thomas is the founder of Mama Glow—a holistic lifestyle hub for women to explore their creative edge through well-being. She is co-founder of the Mama Glow Film Festival—a platform for maternal advocacy through film and philanthropy. A sought-after nutrition and lifestyle expert, her television appearances include The Dr. Oz Show, Fox News LIVE, CBS News, NBC-LXTV, and Inside Edition. She has been featured in the New York Daily News, New York Post, Time Out New York, New York Family, Vogue.com, Fit Pregnancy, and Whole Living, and on the cover of Experience Life. She lives in New York City with her son, Fulano, and their turtle, Climby.Website: www.mamaglow.com

Table of Contents

Foreword Dr. Christiane Northrup xi

Preface xiii

Introduction: Your Glow Pilot and How to Navigate This Book xvii

Part I Wellness B.C. (Before Child)

Chapter 1 The Journey Begins: Ready, Set, GLOW! 3

Chapter 2 In the Kitchen: Intro to the Glow Plan 15

Chapter 3 On the Mat: Making Clearance 37

Chapter 4 In Your Life: Holding the Space 45

Part II Your Abundant Pregnancy: First Trimester (Weeks 1-13)

Chapter 5 The Building Blocks: Baby Steps 51

Chapter 6 In the Kitchen: Your Prenatal Pantry 63

Chapter 7 On the Mat: Prenatal Yoga Principles 91

Chapter 8 In Your Life: Sacred Anatomy 103

Part III Get Your Glow On!: Second Trimester (Weeks 14-28)

Chapter 9 A Bun in the Oven: Now You're Cookin' 109

Chapter 10 In the Kitchen: Conscious Cooking and Eating for the Glow 123

Chapter 11 On the Mat: Glowing with the Flow! 135

Chapter 12 In Your Life: Glow Potion Beauty Essentials 145

Part IV It's Glow Time!: Third Trimester (Weeks 29-40)

Chapter 13 The Home Stretch: Glow Zone 157

Chapter 14 In the Kitchen: Comfort Foods 171

Chapter 15 On the Mat: Tune Out to Tune In 177

Chapter 16 In Your Life: Your Blissful Birth 185

Part V Wellness A.D. (After Delivery)

Chapter 17 Postpartum and Mama-Glow Mojo: Groovin' Your New Abundant Life 213

Chapter 18 In the Kitchen: Boob Foods 231

Chapter 19 On the Mat: Claiming Your New Body 243

Chapter 20 In Your Life: You Glow Girl! 247

Conclusion 251

Appendix A Quick Reference Chart of Glow Foods and Super Glow Foods 253

Appendix B Mama Glow Recipes 255

Appendix C Mama Glow Resources 305

Appendix D Blissful Birth Plan 313

Conversion Tables 318

Index 321

Acknowledgments 331

About the Author 333

Editorial Reviews

"Latham Thomas is a fitness & nutrition powerhouse"
— Dr. Mehmet Oz

"Latham Thomas wants what I want: for every mother to have an empowering birth experience. Mama Glow reminds us that pregnancy is a time when a woman can and should feel her most powerful and capable, and childbirth can and should be joyful. By reading Mama Glow we are beautifully reminded of our maternal potential and connection to others in this universal experience of motherhood."
— Christy Turlington Burns, author of Living Yoga: Creating a Life Practice and founder of Every Mother Counts

"Latham Thomas is a wise and delicious new voice for the health-conscious stiletto Goddess interested in experiencing an empowered pregnancy."
— Kris Carr, best-selling author of Crazy Sexy Diet

"This book is a gift to all mothers, but more importantly, a gift to all the children of our collective future. A woman’s body is the soil in which a new life grows and flourishes. Cleansing, nourishing, supporting, and healing that soil is what Mama Glow is all about—before, during, and after—so that our next generation of children will be bright, focused, fit, and engaged. If you want to have a baby, or know anyone about to have a baby, this book will save two lives—mother and baby!"
— Mark Hyman, M.D., author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Blood Sugar Solution

"Mama Glow reveals the extraordinary power of natural, plant-based living during pregnancy. It is a must-have guide for healthy mothers and their babies."
— Neal Barnard, M.D., best-selling author of Food for Life and Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes

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